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? ATENT KARL JEDLICKA, OF BASLE, SWITZERLAND, ASSIGNOR TO THE SOCIETY OFCHEMICAL INDUSTRY IN BASLE, OF SAME PLACE.

GREEN TRIAZO DYE.

SPECIFICATEON forming part of Letters Patent No. 585,104, dated June 22,1897. Application filed August 21, 1896. Serial No- 603/l92. (Specimens)To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, KARL JEDLIQKA, a citi- Zen of the Swiss Republic,residing at Basle, Switzerland, have invented certain Improvements inthe Manufacture of Green Substantive Cotton Dyestuffs, of which thefollowing is a clear and complete specification.

The present invention is based on the observation that the red monoazocoloring-matters derivedfrom one molecule of a diazobenzoic-acidcompounds (chlorids or other salts of diazobenzoic acids and its ethersor amids) and one molecule of an amidonaphtholdisulfonic acidas, forinstance, amidonaphthol- I 5 disulfonic acid 1.8,3. 6.produce valuableand successful green triazo dyestuffs when one molecule of the tetrazoderivative of a paradiamido base of the series of diphenylsuch, forexample, as benzidin, tolidin, dianisi- 2o din, methylbenzidin, andethoxylbenzidin-is combined with one molecule of the said red monoazocoloring-matters and one molecule of a phenolic compoundsuch, forexample, as phenol, orthocresol, metacresol, resorcin, and oresotinicacid. These triazo dyesti1ffs,\vhich all contain three diazo groups, areall powders of bronze luster. They dye unmordanted cotton from darkgreen to yellowish green in an alkaline bath, also wool in an acid bathand on mordants of chromium. The preparation of these new triazocoloring-matters is preferably executed in three successive op erations,comprising, first, the production of the red monoazo coloring-matterderived from an amidonaphtholdisulfonicacid and a diazobenzoic-acidcompound; second, the combination of one molecule of the red monoazocoloring-matter thus obtained with one molecule of the tetrazoderivative of a paradiamido 0 base of the series of diphenyl, and,third,

the combination of one molecule of the intermediate product'thus formedwith one molecule of a phenolic compound.

By way of example I will now describe the 5 production of the dark-greentriazo dyestuff derived from metadiazobenzoio acid,amidenaphtholdisulfonic acid 1.8.3.6, tetrazoditolyl, and phenol.

1. Preparation of the rnoncaeo coloring (lg e derived frommetacliazohenzoic-acicl and amiclonaphtholclisafio acid 1.8.3.6.-6.9kilograms meta-amidobenzoic acid are dissolved in about two hundredliters water, to which fifteen kilograms hydrochloric acid of thirty percent. have been added, and diazotized by means of kilograms sodiumnitrite at a temperature of 5 to 10 centigrade. The solution ofmetadiazobenzoic acid thus obtained is poured into a solution of sixteenkilograms amidonaphtholdisulfonic acid 1.8.3.6 and of 2.7 kilograms ofsodium carbonate in about two hundred liters water, care being taken toagitate and to cool the mixture. The product of reaction separates asbrown-red flakes. The mixture is advantageously let stand for about tenhours for accomplishing the reaction.

II. Preparation of the intermediate prodaot.-The mixture obtained as setforth under I, and in which the primary monoazo coloring-matter issuspended, has first added to it twenty kilograms of sodium carbonate,whereby an intense red-colored alkaline so lution of the monoazocoloring-matter is obtained. This solution is cooled with ice to about10 centigrade and then is mixed with the solution of tetrazoditolylprepared in the known manner from 10.6 kilograms tolidin, care beingtaken to agitate the liquid. The intermediate product formed at the endof about one-half hour remains entirely dis- 8o solved. The solution hasan intense blackviolet color. On adding common salt thereto theintermediate product may be precipitated in the form of black flakes,but its separation for further use is not necessary.

III. Combination of one molecule of the intermediate proclact NH, N=N-on, so,Na ,-N=N o,,H, oooH 014E OH N=N-C1 with one molecule of phenol-4.7kilograms phenol are dissolved in water, which has added to it fivekilograms of sodium carbonate, and the alkaline solution of phenol thusobtained is mixed with the black-violet solution of the intermediateproduct obtained as set forth under II. The mixture is let stand forabout twenty hours, after which it is heated to about 80 centigrade andthe dyestuff I precipitated with sea-salt. The precipitate is thencollected and dried. The dyestutf is in its dry state a powder of bronzeluster, which is insoluble in alcohol, in ether, and in benzene andeasily soluble in water with green coloration. It dyes unmordantedcotton in an alkaline bath in intense green tints, fast to light andespecially to alkalies. Its solution in concentrated sulfuric acid isdirtyblue violet. By adding an acid to its aqueous solution the dyestuifacid is precipitated. It dyes also wool in acid bath or on mordants ofchromium.

According to the described process a series of new green dyestuffs canbe prepared by substituting for the metadiazobenzoic acid in the methoddescribed under I the isomeric para and ortho diazobenzoic acids or theamido derivatives of the diazobenzoic acids (the combination of thesediazo bodies with amidonaphtholdisulfonic acid being effected in an acidsolution) by combining the monoazo coloring-matters thus obtained,according to method described under II, with tetrazotolyl, andcombining, finally, the resulting intermediate products, according tothe method described under III, with phenol.

For the purpose of producing the intermediate products thetetrazoditolyl can also be replaced by the tetrazo derivatives ofbenzidin,of methylbenzidin,of ethoxybenzidimand of dianisidin. Finally,other phenolic compounds-as, for instance, orthocresol, metacresol,resorcin, orthocresotinic acid, (oxytoluic acid)can be substituted forthe phenol, and the amidonaphtholdisulfonic acid 1. S. 3. 6 can bereplaced in certain cases by the isomeric amidonaphtholdisulfo acids1.8.4.6 and 1.5.3.7.

A great variety of dyestuffs can thus be produced, which dye in alltints from blackgreen to yellowish green. All these dyestuffs, which arecharacterized as derivatives of the diazobenzoic acids, may berepresented by the general formula where X is to designate a hydroxyl,alkyloxy, or amido group, P the radical of the tetrazo derivative of aparadiamin of the series of diphenyl, and Y a phenolic compound. Theyare, in dry state, powders of bronze luster, soluble in water withcoloration varying from dark-green to yellowish green, insoluble inalcohol, ether, and benzene, soluble in concentrated sulfuric acid withdirty-blue-violet coloration. The addition of an acid to their aqueoussolution produces a precipitate of the dyestuff acid.

\Vhat I claim is 1. The herein-described process for the manufacture ofnew green triazo dyestuffs, which consists in combining one molecule ofthe tetrazo derivative of a paradiamido base of the series of diphenylwith one molecule of a monoazo coloring-matter derived from one moleculeof an amidonaphtholdisulfonic acid and one molecule of adiazobenzoic-acid compound and one molecule of a phenolic compound suchfor instance, as phenol, cresol, resorcin and cresotinic acid, as setforth.

2. The herein-described process for the manufacture of new green triazodyestuffs, which consists in combining one molecule of the tetrazoderivative of a paradiamido base of the series of diphenyl, with onemolecule of the monoazo coloring-matter derived from one moleculeamidonaphtholdisulfonic acid 1.8.3.6 and one molecule ofmetadiazobenzoic-acid compound, and with one molecule of a phenoliccompound, such for instance as phenol, resorcin, cresol and crcsotinicacid, as set forth.

3. The herein -described process for the manufacture of new green triazodyestuffs, which consists in combining one molecule of the tetrazoderivative of a paradiamido base of the series of diphenyl, with onemolecule of the monoazo coloring-matter derived from one molecule ofamidonaphtholdisulfonic acid 1.8.3.6, with one molecule ofmetadiazobenzoic-acid compound, and with one molecule of phenol, as setforth.

4. As a new article of manufacture, the herein-described green triazodyestuif, which is, in its dry state, a powder of bronze luster,insoluble in alcohol, ether and benzene, soluble in water with a greencoloration, and capable of dyeing unmordanted cotton in darkgreen toyellowish-green tints, fast to light and especially to alkalies, andwhich, when dissolved in concentrated sulfuric acid, imparts adirty-blue-violet color to the solution, as set forth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

KARL JEDLICKA.

\Vitnesses:

GEORGE GIFFORD, AUGUST Roos.

